At this point I'm finding it easier to install ClassicShell (not going down the road of Start8/10 again). To me, all this "flash" on the start menu is distracting.

I haven't looked/investigated, but I wouldn't be surprised if they make it all but impossible to programmatically add and remove the shortcuts on this new menu. Of course, they said it wasn't possible to pin in Win 7/8, but we all know that turned out to not be true.
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(... better days ahead)